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Health care spending in Quebec has grown an average 5 per cent per year.

The budget projects 2.0 per cent growth in program spending, reflecting what the Liberal government says is "strict discipline" while adopting a "long-lasting, real culture of expenditure control, said Michelle Courchesne, President of the Treasury Board.

Quebec’s spending priorities for 2012-2013:

Health and social services: $30,120.8 million (48.1 per cent of overall budget, 3.4 increase from last year.)

Education: $15,975.5 million (25.5 per cent of overall budget, 2.2 per cent increase from last year). Education spending priorities include high school drop-out programs, intensive English instruction for Gr. 6, and sports programs.